Stories from Wednesday, August 30, 2023

A Carter County man has been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of kidnapping and assaulting a minor. Justin Presley, 33, of Grandin was charged with kidnapping of a minor in the first degree and two counts of sodomy in the first degree. A report was filed against him from the victim, and sheriff’s deputies immediately began an investigation into the allegations, according to reports from law enforcement. Presley was arrested Jan. 23...

By HAILEY NELSON Staff Writer 100 years ago Aug. 30, 1923 • A Puxico Frisco train coach cleaner is reported attacked and in serious condition after an altercation with 10 former employees of the railroad. Sam Riley was at work when the incident occurred. Three were arrested...

Dennis James Lloyd, 63, of Williamsville, Missouri, formerly of Iowa, died Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023.

Earl Davenport, 91, of St. Louis died Aug. 28, 2023, in St. Louis. Visitation is at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 5, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Greenville Chapel. Funeral service following at 1 p.m., also in the Greenville Chapel. Burial is in Camp Eight Cemetery, Greenville, with full military honors...

Anyone looking to chit-chat, aid disaster relief, tinker with electronics or beam messages into outer space is invited to join a ham radio course coming next month. The Southeast Missouri Amateur Radio Association is holding a 4-week course over Zoom, beginning with a session at 7 p.m. Sept. 12, and at the end, students will know everything they need to earn their technician FCC amateur radio license. Men and women of all ages are welcome...

Labor Day is one of the busiest weekends of the year as many people celebrate the traditional end of summer, so there is plenty going on in this week’s MAIN EVENT. Doniphan will have a parade and a quilt show on Saturday, while Ellsinore also will host its own Labor Day Festival that day featuring live music, a pageant and a fundraiser for the family of one battling cancer...

The improved portion of a Butler County levee officials stood on Wednesday morning represents $1 million of work by a drainage district, and is all that stands between thousands of acres of Alex Clark’s farmland and crops lost to regular flooding. It also unfortunately marks only three-fourths of one mile out of the 11 miles that need similar work...

POPLAR BLUFF POLICE DEPARTMENT An employee at Poplar Bluff High School reported at 8:03 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 29, a male student struck another male student on the parking lot after school the day before. Mason Turner, 18, of Poplar Bluff was issued a criminal summons for assault...